First reports of Drosophila suzukii in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Serbia and Turkey
During the revision of the CABI distribution map on Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae – EPPO A2 List), which was done in association with the EPPO Secretariat, the following new records concerning EPPO member countries were found in the literature.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
D. suzukii was first found in 2013 at 4 sites where traps had been placed: Potpolje-Čitluk, Blizanci-Čitluk, Krehin Gradac-Čitluk and Cerno-Ljubuški (Ostojić et al., 2014).
Romania
D. suzukii was detected for the first time in September 2013. The first specimens were caught in a trap, designed for Ceratitis capitata, and placed on wild blackberry (Rubus caesius) bushes in the Northern part of Bucharest city. In 2014, the pest was caught in different ecological habitats, again on wild blackberries, as well as in gardens in urban, suburban and rural locations in Bucharest, Ilfov and Giurgiu counties (Southern Romania). It was observed that fruit of R. caesius and of Phytolacca americana were infested by D. suzukii larvae but no damage on cultivated plants was recorded so far (Chireceanu et al., 2015).
Serbia
During a survey conducted in October-November 2014, D. suzukii was found in 4 districts (Rasinski, Mačvanski, Raški, Pčinjski) as well as in Zemun (city of Belgrade). In this survey, ripe fruit (blackberry, fig, grape, raspberry) were collected from commercial plantations or individual plants and transferred into the laboratory until the emergence of adult flies. Considering that the sampling period was not optimal for detecting the pest and that it was found in all surveyed districts, it is concluded that the distribution of D. suzukii in Serbia is probably wider than that which has been observed for the moment (Toševski et al., 2014).
Turkey
D. suzukii was first found during summer 2014 on strawberry crops in the province of Erzurum, Eastern Anatolian region (Orhan et al., 2016).
Sources
CABI (2016) Distribution Maps of Plant Pests. No. 766. Drosophila suzukii. http://www.cabi.org/dmpp/
Chireceanu C, Chiriloaie A, Teodoru A (2015) First record of the spotted wing drosophila Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in Romania. Romanian Journal for Plant Protection 8, 86-95.
Orhan A, Aslantaş R, Önder BS, Tozlu G (2016) First record of the invasive vinegar fly Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from eastern Turkey. Turkish Journal of Zoology 40, 290-293.
Ostojić I, Zovko M, Petrović D (2014) [First record of spotted wing Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura, 1931) in Bosnia and Herzegovina]. Works of the Faculty of Agriculture University of Sarajevo 59(64/1), 127-133 (in Bosnian).
Toševski I, Milenković S, Krstić O, Kosovac A, Jakovljević M, Mitrović M, Cvrković T, Jović, J (2014) Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), a new invasive pest in Serbia. Zaštita bilja 65(3), 99-101.